Mass Adoption - But Of What? And At What Cost?
Times, how they've changed. The surge in bitcoin price and the explosion of China into blockchain has heads spinning. Some argue that we should be celebrating mass adoption of any type. In this audio ...
30 Okt 201915min
Narrative Watch: The New China Narrative, 2019 Edition
China has had an ongoing role in the crypto narrative. For much of the history of the industry, it was about control of mining. Now, something new is happening. As the crypto industry gets caught up i...
28 Okt 201917min
Bitcoin Soars on China President Xi's Blockchain Comments
On Wednesday, Zuckerberg responded to the largely hostile US Congress by reminding them that, if the US didn't proactively assert leadership around digital currencies, then China would be more than wi...
26 Okt 201916min
Repo Market Madness & Bitcoin Macro / CT Reacts To Libra Hearings / LabCFTC
Most of the world outside crypto twitter that saw a clip of Mark Zuckerberg's testimony would have no idea that it was, theoretically about Libra. On CT, basically everyone bemoaned the clear lack of ...
25 Okt 201920min
SPECIAL EDITION: An Opinionated Recap Of Zuckerberg's Libra Testimony Before Congress
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress today, nominally about Libra but actually about a lot of things. In this (opinionated) recap of the testimony, we look at: What was different v...
23 Okt 201927min
Narrative Watch: 3 Key Battlelines of the Digital Currency Wars
The digital currency wars are getting hotter and hotter, but they're not one dimensional. This narrative watch looks at three key battlelines: Nations vs. Private companies - who gets to make digita...
22 Okt 201921min
Poloniex leaves Circle & the USA / Binance 125x leverage / BIS says BTC failed & stabelcoins a threat
Circle is spinning out Poloniex and the exchange's new honors want to build away from the US. Is this more evidence of the "companies leaving US" narrative or just competitive pressure? Speaking of ex...
18 Okt 201917min
Does Bitcoin Institutionalization Threaten Cypherpunk Values?
Chainalysis recently helped law enforcement take down a child porn ring by tracking btc addresses. This kicked off a huge conversation about how essential is it to the value proposition of bitcoin for...
17 Okt 201922min
